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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EUGENE J. POST, ofV the village of Vienna, in the county of Warren', in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and' useful improvements in the Apparatus for Holding and Preserving Hats when not in use, and the application thereof; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification. v

Figure 1 representen.' view of a stationary hat-holding apparatus and coat hook combined.

Figure Zrepresents a view of an adjustable hat-holding apparatus and coat hook combined.

Figure 3 represents the hat-holding apparatus detached.

The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap, durable, and substantial apparatus for the purpose of preserving and holdin-g hats when .not in use in halls,offices, wardrobes, and lother places where the hat might be blown, thrown, or knocked-dowm'forming, when used in combination with the coat hook, a certain and perfect hat holder, as the hat must be lifted bodily out of the holder before it can be removed.

`My invention consists in forming' a curve or ledge ofl wire, metal, or cleats of wood of suitable former device to support the hat by the brim, to be attached to or in combination with a coat hook, hinged or stationary. To enable others skilled. in the art to make and use myinvention, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

The combined` hat holder and coat hook may be constructed, as -shown in 6g. 1,`of wire so shaped as to form an eye, b, or eyes by which to secure' it to the wall or` other suitable place,'the lower portion formed into a'hook, c, on which to suspend a-coat or other garment, thenpper portion formed into "horns or curves .in which the han slides and is nearby the brim, The combined adjustable ramoner mi wat 110pk, as shown in ng. e, isconstructed as a bracket and hook, I), of metal to be secured in anydesirable place, the upper part of the bracket E projecting at right angles from the wall, and so formed as 'to make a hingeue, in which the centre portion of the horns a a, a Y-shaped wire is grasped, between-which gripes Orihinges, e, on the hat holder, horns or Y-shaped wire a a, a projecting arm is shownLf, which supports said hat holder, horns, or Y-shaped wire in.

a horizontal position by bearing up against-the under side of thebraeket projection E, the hinged or adjustable l arrangement allowing the hat while held in the holder to beturned up against the wall, thus securing the hat in the. same position as if .held upona pin.

It will readily be seen that the advantages to be-dcrived from the use of my invention in regard to comfort,

and the care andv preservation of hats' are innumerable. In halls, rooms, or oiees, by the use of my invention,

the/hat is perfectly secure, not liable to be knocked down by others,'cannot be' blown down, and, by the peculiar shape and action of the hatholder, neither roughing the nap or wearingnpon the hat. Y Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,:is- I claim the arrangement and combination of the hat-holder and preserver with thecoat hookiand bracket, whether stationary or adjustable, substantially as and for the purposes'hcrein set forth.

EUGENE J. POST.

Witnesses:

J. B. WOODRUFF, JAS. HARDIN. 

